Beasts of the Modern Imagination Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence / Margot Norris.
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TextDescription: 1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 265 pages) : illustrations)ISBN: 9781421430263Subject(s): Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Death in the afternoon | Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Escaped cock | Ernst, Max, 1891-1976 | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation | Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Influence | Psychoanalysis and literature | Literature and science | Art, Modern -- 20th century | Mimesis in literature | Animals in literature | Anthropomorphism | Human beings -- Animal nature | Comparative literature -- Themes, motives | Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Electronic books. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 809/.93384 LOC classification: PN56.M25 | N67 1985Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press, 1985
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index.
1. Introduction: The biocentric tradition -- 2. Darwin's reading of nature -- 3. Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, and the problem of mimesis -- 5. Nietzsche's Ecce homo: Behold the beast -- 6. Kafka's "Josefine": The animal as the negative site of narration -- 7. Max Ernst: The rhetorical beast of the visual arts -- 8. The ontology of D.H. Lawrence's St. Mawr -- 9. The animal and violence in Hemingway's Death in the afternoon -- 10. Conclusion: The biocentric tradition in context.
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